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it will continue online at cnn.com/crossfire as well as facebook and twitter. we want to congratulate you for your great new book, breakout. check it out. from the left, i'm van jones. >> from the right i'm newt gingrich. join us tomorrow for another edition of "crossfire." erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. a lousy day for obama care. >> convicted felon could be a navigator and could require sensitive personal information from an individual unbeknownst to them. >> that's possible. >> the president holds an urge edge meeting of the faithful. plus, this may sound like a compliment. >> governor christie has certainly shown a way of winning in new jersey and states like new jersey i congratulated him on that. >> it isn't. did the coach put him up to it? >> if you would have asked john martin a week before who his
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best friend was on the team, he would have said richie incognito. >> the hazing of an nfl man. let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett. just in, the president again defending his signature health care law in texas. the heart of republican country for now. his message though is starting to sound pretty familiar. and it wasn't the only time he was on the defensive today. he is now answering to critics who are members of his own party and i want to get to jim acosta right away. he is talking in dallas moments ago. i'm the first to say i haven't been happy. he is trying to defend himself. trying to talk about the whole pledge he made, if you like your plan you get to keep it but he is on the defense. >> absolutely. and i think you heard that earlier this week when he was
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talking to his post campaign team of volunteers. and you heard it tonight. he was down in dallas talking to a group of navigators. those are the people who have been hired by the administration. very important people, i might add to help people enroll through insurance for obama care. why is it necessary? the website is not working. it gets to the president's comments. he once again said he is not happy with the way the website is working. that people are working 24/7 overtime to get it fixed. he talked about it, compared to it a product in a supermarket that you can't buy because you cannot get into the store. but at the same time, something very newsworthy ham. that is the president at one point said during his remarks that we anticipate the website will be working the way it is supposed to by the end of this month. that is interesting because up on capitol hill, earlier today, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius was not sounding very confident. she was saying they're going to have it done by the end of the month but she said they have an aggressive check list to go
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through, an aggressive time line to meet. sort of putting out this feeling that programs it may not happen in time. the president said in dallas, this is happening in time. the other important thing, and i'll say this very quickly. the president did not go back to clean pup line if you like your plan, you can keep it. he did not try to revise that line as he did the other night. perhaps an indication that they know that clean-up job was not going too well. >> let me ask you this. the hits keep on coming for the health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. it died down a little bit. it felt like it but now gaining heat again on capitol hill. getting a tough grilling. what exactly happened there? >> well, she was pressed by senators throughout this hearing about the various problems with the website, the veracity of the president's comments when he said if you like your plarng you can keep it. republicans were accusing the administration of lying to the american people. at one point, the senator from north carolina was pressing
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sebelius on what the enrollment numbers will be like because of all the problems. and she acknowledged they won't be all that great. here's what she had to say. >> what is the october through the end of december target enrollment? >> senator, there are all kinds of different target enrollments. i think there was a memo internally that called for about a million people to be enrolled through december. but we're updating those targtss. i can tell you our early numbers will be very low. >> to give you a sense that programs heads might be starting to roll here in washington, the man in charge of technology over at a key agency inside hhs that was developing the webb, that person stepped down earlier today. an early sign perhaps that programs some accountability is coming for people involved in building that website. >> accountability coming. and democrats are now worried
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about whether this will taint them. the question is there was a closed door meeting, a meeting with the president and he is quote/unquote faithful. do you know what happened? >> they're worried that what will happen. nearly all the senators who met behind closed doors, it was an unannounced meeting. 15 senators up for re-election next year in those crucial mid terms, they were pressing the president on what will be done about the website. when will it be fixed? what about these security concerns that have been raised. i talk to a democratic staffer with knowledge of that meeting who said that this meeting would not have happened if it were not for the political concerns about the impact of obama care on their reelection chances. it is interesting to note that as the president was having this meeting with the group of senators, white house officials were on twitter basically saying that the obama care impact was not that serious. for terry mcauliffe in virginia, there is all the chat per
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programs he won by that razor thin margin because of the impact of obama care his election chances. as the white house was trying to throw cold water on it, the president was having the meeting behind closed doors. that is a very huge sign that they're concerned. >> thank you very much. the white house fighting that story and extremely concerned about it, our other top story is what's going on on the republican side of the aisle. the new jersey governor ran a land slide in his election. is he counting his chickens before they hatch? he spoke with our dana bash today and he thinks christie has far from locked it up. >> it is important to remember every race is particular to the state pits run in. there are factors in new jersey that are individual to that race and clearly he was able to speak to that and to the hope and aspirations of people within new jersey. that's good. that's important. we want to win everywhere we can. and governor christie has shown
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a way of winning in new jersey and states like new jersey because of the work he's done there as governor as well. so i congratulated him on that. >> so are you saying his win in a blue state like new jersey wouldn't translate to a more red state or even more of a swing state? >> every election is different. >> look, every election is different. let's bring in dana bash. that's not exactly a ringing endorsement from marco rubio. the aftermath of a huge win for christie. rubio, another extremely popular, likely candidate. >> he was care tofl congratulate chris christie multiple times and note that they have a good relationship. that answer you just played, he said the words new jersey four times in two sentences. he didn't even try to be subtle in his attempt to remind people before they go corenating him. still the virginia candidate for
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governor that rannio campaign for, ken koocuccinelli, exit po showed that even republicans were turned off by that. i asked rubio whether it is a problem. the republican party has taken some hits with the shutdown and other things. and sort of the movement from which you came has also taken some hits. how do you square that? do you think that maybe you all have made a couple of mistakes tactically? strategically that has hurt the republican -- >> i think everyone has taken a big hit. the obama care is the biggest hit anyone has taken and that's a rolling series of hits that won't just hit the democratic party. it will hit the american people. the bottom line is that everyone around here is paying a political price. people are grossed out by washington. >> everybody is grossed out by washington, how can a senator run for president? >> well, i don't know of any senators running for president. >> you don't? >> i don't. those are decisions peel make later. i think you can work in
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washington without being of washington. luckily i think i haven't been here long enough to believe that what goes on around here is normal. >> so there he said he doesn't think he's been in washington that long. he understands that what goes on around here is not normal. i think that's probably the understatement of the day. >> certainly. today chris christie sounded like a democrat on a kae issue. i have to play this for our viewers. he was asked about same sex couples who had gotten married in the state. and this is something the republican base opposes. >> i'm happy for them if they're happy. same i'm him a for any couple who gets player if i had they're happy. >> again, whoa! a warped time zone. that's not what you speck from a base oriented republican candidate. would we hear a comment like we just heard from chris christie from marco rubio? >> it is really hard to imagine
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marco rubio uttering those words. if you look at his comments on the issue, he supports states deciding on gay marriage but he says he's catholic and believes marriage is between a man and a woman but still recognizes children are raised in other settings as well and they can do well. look, gay rights is a generational issue. republican candidates like marco rubio or even paul ryan in the early 40s could be more comfortable with gay marriage than they let on. but having a, let the states decide attitude really shields them from back lash from the republican primaries you were talking about. they're socially conservative even on gay rights. and the fact chris christie that that, i think that might be if he does throw his hat in the ring. might be coming to an ad near knew 2016 and maybe in the state of iowa. >> interesting you say. that thank you very much. coming to an ad near you. still to come, a tea party king in all respects. i'm talking about eye wax will
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the tea party bow to the chris christies of the world? steve king from iowa will be "outfront." then the president said no chemical weapons in syria under any circumstances. he was willing to fight for this. is he about to cave? we have a special report next. and code red. was the hazing of a 300-pound man under orders? new details a bizarre and disturbing story. , bp had two b: help the gulf recover and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i can tell you - safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch over all drilling activity twenty-four-seven. and we're sharing what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. our commitment has never been stronger. and our giant idaho potato truck is still missing. so my dog and i we're going to go find it.
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our second story outfront, president obama'sem. a this was supposed to be a diplomatic breakthrough. he made a deal on chemical weapon. the problem is that the quote unquote deal was oversold.
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there are new concerns about what's really going on. barbara starr is "outfront." >> i think we have both a moral obligation and a national security interest in, a, ending the slaughter in syria, but b, also ensuring that we've got a stable syria. >> that was the president on may 7th after he found out the syrian government had gassed its own people of by september, the u.s. avoided military action in syria but announced a deal that bashar al assad had agreed to turn over his chemical weapons. just a month ago, secretary of state john kerry was full of optimism that assad was giving up his 1,000 tons of chemical weapons for destruction. >> i think it is also credit to the assad regime for complying rapidly as they are supposed to. >> reporter: but was it too
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rosie a picture painted too soon in. >> i think the public wanted it to be over. the congressional actor will be oversold and the administration oversold because you wanted to be out of it. >> reporter: just this week about whether assad is telling the truth. >> we obviously bring skepticism born of years of dealing with this regime. >> time, in washington, and the secretary has been praising it as the greatest thing since sliced bread. >> reporter: a red flag, cnn has learned there is intelligence suggesting assad may be hiding some of his kept arsenal. the u.s., israel, france and the u.k. are all trying to figure out what is going on and if it could derail the agreement. the official u.s. policy, get just as much as possible of the stockpile out of syria. officials concede, there is no certain way to rid syria of all of its chemical weapons. but complications continue to
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grow by the day. assad now wants an international inspection group to approve his plan to move the deadly stockpile, and he has a wish list to go along with it. in order to transport the weapons, the syrians have asked for heavy armored transport trucks. communications gear and an agreement to use hundreds of troops to secure the roads. but one u.s. official is sounding the alarm, telling cnn it could all be a ruse. the official says experts will have to look very thoroughly and cautiously at that list to make sure the equipment is not diverted to the syrian war. for "outfront," barbara starr, the pentagon. our third story "outfront." a new report from the sun sentinel newspaper reports the miami dolphins coaches asked richie incognito to tighten up martin. then he left. reports have surfaced that he
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was being bullied and hazed by incognito in a series of racist and violent text messages and voicemails. incognito has been suspended pending an investigation but another team member says this story line doesn't add up. there are late developments today and ed lavendera has them out front. >> reporter: with scandals swirling around richie incognito, his football career with the dolphins in jeopardy, the muscled teddy bear looked thrilled to have a slick brand new ferrari delivered to his ft. lauderdale home while inside the training facility, his teammates and coaches faced a barrage of questions over allegations of bullying. the head coach joe philbin refused to answer questions about news reports saying incognito was told to toughen up jonathan martin. >> the type of culture i've championed since the day walked through the doors has been one of honesty, respect, and
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accountability to one another. >> reporter: the national football league is investigating incognito's reported infant laced slurs, allegedly left for teammate jonathan martin. hey, what's up, you half n word piece of blank. you're still a rookie. incognito has been suspended from the team indefinitely and isn't talking about the scandal. >> i'm just trying to weather the storm right now. this will pass. >> reporter: martin left the team last week and hasn't commented publicly either about what some describe as hazing gone too far. others say it is inexcusable bullying. inside the locker room many players say they were surprised by martin's allegations and even thought incognito considered martin his little brother. >> i think if you would have asked john martin a week before who his best friend was, he would have said richie incognito. the first guy to stand up for jonathan, any kind of tussle, richie was the first guy there. when they wanted to hang out
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outside of football, who was together? richie and jonathan. i can't. i'm not in those guys' shoes. i can't explain what's going on. this is video of incognito erupting in a bizarre rage in a south florida bar earlier this year. he has a checkered reputation. he was release bid the st. louis rams for arguing with the team's head coach. and in a poll of nfl players by the sporting news magazine, he was once voted the dirtiest player in the league. on the dolphins' team, several players seemed frustrated with jonathan martin. >> off the field, those two guys were thick as thieves. that they went out together and hung out together. they did a lot of stuff together. so we had a problem with the way they were treating them, he had a funny way of showing it. >> that was the theme we heard repeatedly. without really coming out and
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saying as much, you got the sense inside that locker room that many of the players kind of side with incognito in this story. >> thank you very much. trying to get to the bottom of that. who is the worst mayor in history in the wake of this whole crack incident in toronto, we took a look and wow, what did we find? i can promise you this does not disappoint. then can you be rich enough where the law doesn't apply? and an incredible stunt you have to see from all angles to believe this wasn't doctored. 24/7. i'm sorry, i'm just really reluctant to try new things. really? what's wrong with trying new things? look! mommy's new vacuum! (cat screech) you feel that in your muscles? i do... drink water. it's a long story. well, not having branches let's us give you great rates and service. i'd like that. a new way to bank.
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our fourth story "outfront," a billionaire's walt. outrage growing over a very public stretch of public beach in california. it is off limits to everyone who is a billionaire. he is friends with al gore and the president. >> reporter: mike wallace loves to surf martins beach where three distinct breaks beckon off one of the most scenic uncrowded beach on the california coast. >> also protected from strong north swells and winds and there are not too many swells north of santa cruz that you're able to have that sort of beautiful waves like we're seeing today. >> reporter: the beach is book ended by cliffs so the only lands access is down this road. for decades, the owner of the
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property surrounding martins beach allowed the public to pay a small fee to reach the shore. the new owner, a silicon valley billionaire has closed the access road with a judge's blessing and painted over the sign that once welcomed people to martins beach. >> it was confiscation of public resources. it is your beach, my beach, my children's beach, my children's children's beach. it is ours. for him to blanket it off and say it will be mine now. that's absurd. >> he represents friends of martins beach which is suing to sue to open his gate. >> we played devil's advocate a little bit here. i'm a private property owner. i spent a lot of my hard earned money to by a a beautiful piece of land and i don't want the liability and the hassle of having who knows who coming through my land. >> in this case, there has been a history of nearly 100 years of public access to this beach.
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>> the court battle over public access to this beach has so far centered around complicated legal issues dating back to eastbound 48 when the united states first acquired california from mexico. in essence, a judge has ruled that federal law in if he can at that time takes precedence over state law which guarantees public access to beaches. he would not speak to cnn. his attorney released this statement. we feel badly about the controversy surrounding martins beach but adds no, home owner wishes to have trespassers on their private property. we pleased with this ruling and thankful for the clarification of our private property rights. >> we're not trying to keep him from developing it as long as it is environmentally friend ly. >> reporter: the irony is that they say his company specializes in green technology. he has rubbed elbows with president obama, al gore and other champions of the environment. the legal battle over public
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access to this beach is not over. the community members who lost in court plan to appeal and a separate lawsuit has yet to be heard. >> thank you very much. pretty amazing there when you think about it. not what you would expect. "outfront," we've told you the story of a woman missing for weeks only to be found in a hospital stair well where she had been dead the whole time. and then secret meetings about benghazi our coverage continues. and does chris christie's big win in new jersey mean the death of the tea party? just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked him up. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne's. wiggle your toes. [ driver ] and it got his okay on treatment from miles away. it even pulled strings with the stoplights. my ambulance talks with smoke alarms and pilots and stadiums. but, of course, it's a good listener too.
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welcome back to the second half of "outfront." we have news coming in. nine people have been shot at a detroit liquor store. you're at a live picture here. this happened in the past hour as you can see. the police and law enforcement vehicles around the liquor store. here's what we know. nine people were shot at least three of them are dead. six others have been transported to a hospital in detroit. and we don't know anything about
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the details of their conditions at this time. we also don't know whether there was one or multiple shooters. police have not confirm that. the story is developing quickly and we'll get you more information when we can. that's a live picture you're looking at of the shooting of nine people in detroit a little bit ago. how could a possible lose track of a patient for two weeks? that patient's family getting some answers and the answers are troubling. the body of 57-year-old lynn spalding was found in the stairwell of san francisco general last month. it was two weeks after she disappeared from her room. now according to the sheriff's department that we have seen, not only was there a lack of urgency because she was about to be discharged but hospital officials gave inaccurate descriptions of her like this. >> when asked by the deputy for description, the carol said, quote, she is an african-american lady.
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57 years old, female. she is wearing a hospital gown. twice during that conversation the deputy was told that the missing woman was african-american and wearing a hospital gown. miss ford was identified as a, booke, asian female in th log >> sing asou c see righteither n asian. another lapse occurred during a arch of the hospital grounds. that happened nine days after she went missing. it was apparently exhaustive. all 24 acres were searched except the stairwell. that's where she was found. and an "outfront" update. you remember two inmates mistakenly released from prison last month. the authorities believe the fake documents created for their release were created by a gang. ? we have confidential sources among the inmates that are telling us the documents were actually generated, constructed within the walls of the prison. single out and then sent forward
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to the clerk's office by, at this point, unknown people. >> officials right now are investigating a list of the murderers themselves were recaptured as you may remember. this whole incident. 15 days ago. d our fifth story "outfront," the tea party's terrible no good very bad election night. two big losses. there was the virginia governor's race, of course, and a run-off election in alabama where a teem member ran against a republican establishment candidate who was already pretty conservative. so you have conservative versus more conservative. has the tea party lost its power in there are mental in the republican party who hope so and openly who believe the dying tea party will allow them to win the national race, the white house. steve oiniowa, look, i appreciate it. i see you laughing so let me get straight to it. there are a lot of republican who's are happy. they think these losses the nail in your coffin themselves want republicans to win a national election.
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they think they can do it only if you go away. that must make you unhappy. it is pretty easy, the morning after an election. the preconceived misconceptions they had before the poll. i look around, there'e message out t viinia, another out of alabama. what is it, the bottom line answer is that the tea party is stronger in some states and weaker in others. a month ago they were accused of having the power to shut down rnme tod they're der talking about teathf teem. i think it is premature to say that. i think they're showing some strength. >> okay. let me ask you. in alabama prork business groups poured out support to support the conservative republican instead of the teem republican. were you surprised at those losses last night? there has to be a little part of you that was disappointed. >> i was disappoint, especially
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to see ken cuccinelli fall short. he put up a tremendous effort in virginia and you if look at the number difference, it looks line in the calculations we've done today, he was outspent more than $20 million and predicted he would lose by double digits through most of the race and it was a three-way race with the libertarian candidate who tapped more into cuccinelli. and he still only lost by 2 1/2. so i think given the moral issues, it is about a if you will spectrum constitutional conservatives. the people that support the economic agenda of the establish many wing of the party. the low taxes, strong social agenda and some of the libertarian agenda on the other side. all of that together. i think your conservative candidate that fits the full spectrum is the stronger of all the candidates if they have the personal magnetism like chris
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christie. >> and let me ask you about him. chris christie sailed in. i don't know if you heard what he said today. he was talking about same sex couple. he said they're happy, i'm happy. that doesn't fit with what we hear of the socially conservative members. while he campaigned for you, nbc news reports he refused to campaign for cuccinelli. so it doesn't like he doesn't want to go there. >> at love principles about the tea party that i've agreed with and governed in new jersey with a way that's consistent with a lot of that. but some of the stuff that's happened of late down in washington, i think is not even consistent with what a lot of the real folks who started the teem movement would agree with. >> i mean, he said that. and like i said, he made the point about if a gay couple is happy being married, he is happy for them. you're going on hear that statement in an ad in iowa in the caucuses. will the influential base in your state embrace chris
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christie come 2016? if he is seen as pro gay marriage and not really into the tea party. >> well, you know, we're going to see that that statement, take it for what he said. if they're happy, i'm happy. in other words, he accepted, i'll say it, the position of gay marriage existing in new jersey. we've had to make accommodations with that. he didn't endorse gay marriage. i've been in many discussions with them. they say we want to stay with the economic and the constitutional issues. not the social agenda. yes, with b iowa, that is going to be interesting. i know that chris christie has been in iowa at least twice. he was very well received both times. he has this tremendous personal magnet i. different than any of the candidates i've met. and like any other candidate, i would encourage him and the rest
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candidates, he is a potential candidate at this point, too. come to iowa and let's test it out. my personal belief is if you could take the best combination of nature and nurture that would be the ideal president, and put them in the oval office of the white house today, they wouldn't be near the president they would be after they went through crucible of the nomination process. it gives you the awareness to sell your wares and shape your platform. they'll be a lot better after they've gone through all those states. we'll see if chris christie can stand up to that. there are a number of candidates that will be competing. >> always good to talk to you. we'll talk about that much more will. our seventh story is demanding answers on benghazi. it has been more than a year since the attack on the embassy
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and lawmaker say they are waiting for the truth. tonight cnn is learning about some key unanswer questions. drew griffin has been digging into the benghazi investigation. where are the new concerns coming from? >> concerns from a letter, they are writing to house speaker john boehner outlining what he sees is the most critical outstanding questions not answered. and it is at a critical point. cnn reported in the coming days, three members of the cia's benghazi security team are expected to appear behind closed doors to a house subcommittee. they've had difficult time getting information from cia operatives on the ground in benghazi, including trying to find out exactly what the cia was doing there. nunez wants to find out. he has another question with why there was no rescue team sent immediately to ambassador chris
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stevens. they want to know who was responsible for not sending a counter terrorism team immediately. and that's why it took so long. three week to accepted fbi agents to libya. he writes we need to identify who at the level signed off. not to dispatch a fest team. they were saying it is vital that congressional investigators receive full access to all conversations. which he says he's not getting. the congressman trying on get to the bottom of, quote, possible witness intimidation which does include, says the congressman, the possible of witnesses or people with knowledge of events being asked to undergo polygraphs or sign nondisclosure agreements. as you know, cnn has been
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reporting the cia has polygrafed on that trayv those connected with it. >> you were the first to report. that it sounds like he believes he is being misled or not being told the whole truth. is that fair? we always like to be very careful using the l word. the lie word. it sounds like that's what he's saying. >> and i can tell you several congressmen don't believe they're getting the whole truth here. after a year of this they are getting increasingly fed up with what they feel is parsed information and filtered witnesses. he thinks they will get answers. they're pushing. but he said if not, speaker boehner should appoint an independent investigator to get them. that's where this may be going. >> thank you very much. as all of you know, we've been covering the benghazi attack since the very beginning. you can see our special investigation on our blog.
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and we're sharing what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. our commitment has never been stronger. they're calling for the resignation of mayor ford who
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admits to smoking crack cocaine. he said it was probably during one of his drunken stoopors. sadly this is not the first time we've seen this play out. tom foreman on the string of misbehaving mayors. >> reporter: amid our ever present shenanigans, if shakespeare were alivering would have to be drawn to the tragedieses of misbehaving mayors. it always begins with act one. the deed. recent years have seen a parade of city leaders caught up in troubles accused of misusing their powers, playing fast and loose with the law, indiscretions and plain bad behavior. >> he asked me to work without my journal wear on. >> reporter: without failure as the accusations emerge soaring does act two. the denial. ever since d.c.'s mayor marion berry was caught smoking crack
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more than 20 years ago -- virtually every case has followed the same pattern. with the accused official at first insisting he did nothing seriously wrong. san diego's bob filner drive him from office. >> it concerns me greatly that anybody would make any charge like that against anybody. >> reporter: the problem with denials like that of toronto mayor rob ford. >> i do not use crack cocaine. >> reporter: is they come before act three, the confession. >> yes, i smoked crack cocaine. >> reporter: kil patrick confessed in 2008 and went to jail after misusing his office, sexting, obstructing office and more. >> i lied under oath. >> reporter: some critics say it's about ego, some
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psychologists say they may think the rules don't apply to them but some say we all make mistakes but the final act is about redemption. >> i want to tell you, detroit, that you done set me up for a come back. >> reporter: kill patrick said he'll make a come back and he remains in public office so don't think ford is necessarily done for because that ending has yet to be written. for "out front," i'm tom foreman in washington. >> our eighth story out front, bragging about murder. damming testimony from a former inmate that knew martin macneill, the doctor accused of killing his wife. he said when macneill was serving time for identity theft, he boasted he would get away with murder. jean casarez out front.
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>> reporter: macneill not only admitted he killed his wife, he bragged about it according to his former cell mate. jason asked hack kneel about his comfortable shoes not available to other prisoners. >> they were specially made, i guess. >> so you were asking how do i get a pair of those as a joke? >> yes, yes. >> what did he say? >> he said, no, you can't. i said well how do you get away with that? he said i can get away with a lot of things. >> did he say he murdered his wife. >> he didn't say it like that but he said i'm getting away with murdering my wife. >> he was the fourth of five inmates to testify for the prosecution. the others did so off camera, still incarcerated and fearing for safety by snitching on macneill. the inmates testified macneill confessed to killing his wife, but without actually saying it. >> he said he gave her some oxy and sleeping pills and got her
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to get in the bathtub. >> did he say what he did next? >> later on, he just said he had to help her out, and i asked him what that was, and he said he held her head under the water for a little while. he said that she was in the way, that she wanted the house and the kids. he said they couldn't prove that he, you know, did anything. >> reporter: prosecutors charged dr. macneill killed his wife of 30 years by drowning her in the family bathtub after plying her with a potent mix of medications, also he could marry his mistress, gypsy willis. >> i said hey, man, i apologize about your wife. he goes, i'm glad the bleep is dead. >> did he talk to you about the relationship he had with her before she died? >> they were going downhill. they are trying to get his money. she was not going to let him keep cheating on him, keep
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cheating on her. >> that was all a lie, of course, right? >> reporter: while the defense called them lawyers and attempted to poke holes at the story, he said he and macneill shared poetry behind bars and macneill was writing a book about his life story. >> after i was done reading the auto buy ogden fee, i said are you serious about this. >> about what? >> about murdering your wife. >> what did he say? >> he said yes, i'm serious, look where i'm at. i immediately told the guards i need to switch sections. >> why was that? >> i didn't want to be around him. >> there was extensive cross-examination on both inmates to show their propensity for not telling the truth. now tomorrow we expect the last witness for the prosecution, gypsy willis, the girlfriend of martin macneill will retake the stand, and the judge said in court today, he expects closing arguments to be friday morning. >> all right, thank you very much, jean. and next, could twitter make
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this is some pretty adorable video, isn't it? look at those pandas. they look so sweet and gentle and kind. the thing is, of course, we know they look like cuddly lovely bears but far from that. appearances are deceptive in
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pandas as we like to point out and this video is adorable and it has a shot of going viral. why? because it was posted on the place to post anything you want anyone to see. twitter. and twitter, the hottest new stock offering of the year priced tonight at $26 to buy one share. that's a dollar more than recent expectations and way above original hopes. tomorrow morning it will start trading formally and the question is will it go up. facebook less than three weeks after it debuted had fallen 30% and twitter not only makes no money, it's also priced at a higher valuation than facebook so you're not surprised, none of the 15 financial advisors recommended buying that tomorrow. $239,000 according to the text site, that's how much a $1,000 investment in amazon's ipo back in 19 97 is worth now. put a $1,000 in ebay then,
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you're looking at $68,000 and even facebook recovered, $1,000 of that horrific ipo last year is worth 27% more today. would you take the risk and buy twitter? let us know, we'll have a let us know, we'll have a special report on that tomorrow. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com erin thanks, new jersey governor chris christie's potential road to the white house and potential potholes on it. he said he was too drunk to remember picking up the crack pipe and he's not stepping down. we'll hear from rob ford and the reporter that first broke the story. breaking news in the kendrick johnson story. there were 36 cameras inside and outside the gym where he died. we got access to new footage from inside the gym. we're sorting through it and the camen